Ms. Teresa Boyd

Passed 02/23/2023

Obituary For Ms. Teresa Boyd

Ms. Teresa N. Boyd, a resident of Lanett, AL, died Thursday, February 23, 2023 at EAMC-Lanier Memorial Hospital, Valley, AL.

Funeral Services are scheduled for Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. (EST) from Pilgrim Baptist Church, 420 North 12th Avenue, Lanett, AL 36863 with Rev. Frederick James, Ph.D., Pastor/Eulogist and Rev. Michael Winston, Officiating.

Interment will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery, 3202 Country Club Road, Lanett, AL. Davis Memorial Mortuary of Valley directing.

Public Viewing is scheduled for Friday, March 3, 2023 from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. (EST) at Davis Memorial Mortuary Chapel.

Teresa was born on May 7, 1974, to Larry and Lorraine Boyd.

She attended Lanett City Schools and was a proud graduate of Lanett High School class of 1992. Following graduation, she attended Auburn University, graduating in June 1999 with a B.A. in Psychology. She also completed several hours in the master’s degree program at Auburn.

Teresa was employed as a case manager with the Troup County Department of Family and Children’s Services (DFACS) for seven years. She vacated this position in 2008 for employment with the Lanett Housing Authority, where she currently served as the Executive Director. Prior to her promotion to Executive Director, she served as Activities Director/Social Service Coordinator for eight years and as Property Manager for five years. Teresa took great pride in the service that she rendered at the Lanett Housing Authority. She was whole-heartedly committed to the authority’s mission to preserve and expand affordable housing and to ensure equal opportunity housing to low-income families, elders, and people with disabilities.

Teresa attended the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Five Points, AL as a young girl, and later joined in fellowship with the Pilgrim Baptist Church in Lanett, Alabama, where she served faithfully as Church Clerk for many years, as well as in many other capacities. Her communication skills as church announcer were both captivating and unmatched. She was a dedicated member of the Music Ministry, Usher and Greeters Ministry, and Shepherding Ministry.

Teresa was a very creative and brilliant writer. She enjoyed reading and watching Hallmark Movies in her spare time. She was an avid lover of romance novels.

She was preceded in death by her father Larry E. Boyd on January 12, 2023, maternal grandparents Herbert and Lula Bell Kyles, and paternal grandmothers Dorothy Reed Copeland and Eunice Dallas.

She is survived by her daughter, Alexis Boyd, her beloved grandson, Ian Quincy Lewis, Jr., mother, Lorraine Boyd, siblings Jennifer Boyd and Larry (Sonia) Boyd Jr., and nieces Breeana (Trentavious) McCants and Erin Boyd. She is also survived by her aunts Catherine Kyles, Camilla Johnson, Margie Kyles, and Barbara Lovelace, uncle Karion Kyles, and a host of cousins/kindred and long-term friends.

Teresa loved her family tremendously. She will be remembered for her kind and loving spirit. Her beautiful and genuine smile was a blessing to all. She was a friend and encourager to many.

Funeral Services by Davis Memorial Mortuary of Valley.

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